What If It's NOT Depression? Podcast

Stacy and I met learning how to be Azarias Energy Healers with Cheryl Stelte (whom I’ve interviewed twice for my Vodcast) through the Star of Divine Light Institute ( https://starofdivinelight.com/ )  Stacy is not only a certified Azarias Energy Healer; she is also a Trauma-Informed Breathwork Facilitator.  This work is her life’s purpose. She helps clients move towards their purpose and...

This is an episode focusing on Autism and Down’s Syndrome. I wanted to interview Dr. Sarathy because she shows that functional medicine has a place with this population as well, but there are other specific things that also need to be addressed. Listen in! Dr. Vaish Sarathy is a Functional Nutrition Practitioner and Science and Math Teacher in multiple settings. She comes to Functional Nutrition a...

Anna Marie Frank healed her own brain after years of depression and challenges with dyslexia and ADD, and turned her life around. She looked at her brain as not being much different from a computer and talks about “biological” downloads to your brain. We discussed: Mindset Re-wiring your biology through your downloads Multiple modalities of holistic healing (naturopathy) – red light therapy, theta...

It’s well known that breast cancer starts before the symptoms appear. Treating the symptoms of a disease is not going to help you recover your health. You need to get to the bottom of what caused your illness to begin your healing journey. Women are flooded with a host of emotions and depression is only one of them. Sometimes these emotions are never discussed. Unpacking the causes of both the can...

My biggest peeve with the medical system is that patients with mental health symptoms are not given a complete medical work-up nor are their physical symptoms even discussed. Some people suffer for years before a curious provider takes the time to ask more questions to get to the root causes of what the person is experiencing. Some people are inappropriately given psychiatric medication as the sol...

There are certain emotions that take longer to recover from than other emotions. Fear and anger are well known and easily accessible. I’ve talked about shame and guilt as subconscious or even unconscious drivers of behaviors that interfere with attaining one’s goals. One emotion that Dr. Silber discusses in this interview is the feeling of Betrayal. Dr. Debi Silber is the founder of the PBT (Post...

I am continuing my series of interviews with a focus on children and interviewed a holistic pediatrician. Dr. Ana-Maria Temple’s own children were plagued by chronic disease in 2007 and was tired of all the medications they were on.  She opened her mind to nutrition and the rest is history. Dr. Temple is an MD and is a board-certified pediatrician. She has been treating kids for 18+ years, pr...

Mental health issues have skyrocketed in the last couple of years - affecting all ages and all groups of people. Recently, pediatricians and primary care doctors asked Rhode Island legislators to declare a state of emergency to address a mental health crisis of our children due to the fall out of the pandemic. As a nation, we have been faced with a lot of stress, but believe it or not, there are s...

Robin Ray Green is a master in the art of pediatric acupuncture and one of the world's leading experts in that field. She provides training for acupuncturists and licensed health professionals to be successful in helping children. As a Pediatric & Family Health Specialist at Detox Rejuvenation, she helps children address the root causes of their chronic illnesses when Western medicine isn’t en...

Robert Rakowski, DC, CCN, DACBN, DIBAK is a Chiropractor, Board Certified Kinesiologist, Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Certified Biological Terrain Instructor, and the clinic director of the Natural Medicine Center in Houston Texas.  In addition to running a busy practice, Dr. Rakowski has lectured internationally for over 30 years on various topics related to Natural and Lifestyle Medicin...

There is so much information out there about diet, weight loss and metabolism. Believe or not, changes in your metabolism affect your mood too. Finding the right diet and the right method will help you lose weight and maintain your mood. Stu Schaefer is a 20-year award-winning celebrity weight-loss coach. He specializes in helping people put their body into The Thermogenic State so they burn fat 2...

Jess Sherman is a family health educator specializing in helping busy parents feed their kids for better mood, learning and stress tolerance. Along with being a certified teacher, Jess is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner. Board Certified in Practical Holistic Nutrition, speaker, educator and is the author of Raising Resilience: take the stress out of feeding your family and love your...

A graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nurse Midwifery and Family Nurse Practitioner program. Dani incorporates the art of medicine by balancing traditional and integrative therapies. Dani encourages her patients to step out of the realm of “normal” and reach “optimal” health. Dani owns Integrative Family Medicine in Franklin, TN. She focuses on gut, autoimmune thyroid (Hashimoto’s...

First met Cheryl Stelte a couple years ago after we both published our first book back in February 2020. Since then, she has trained me as an Azarias Energy Healer which is yet one more tool in my tool box that I can offer my patients in my sessions. Typically, though, for deeper work, I refer patients to her or one of her graduates. Some people consider her work a little too “woo woo” despite the...

Dr. David Rabin, MD, PhD, is a neuroscientist, board-certified psychiatrist, health tech entrepreneur & inventor who has been studying the impact of chronic stress in humans for more than a decade. He is the co-founder & chief innovation officer at Apollo Neuroscience, which has developed the first scientifically-validated wearable technology that actively improves energy, focus & rela...

Dr. Amie Hornaman, a.k.a The Thyroid-Fixer, is a woman on a mission to optimize thyroid patients around the world and give them their lives back using her transformational program: The COMPLETE Thyroid Fix Method (CTFM). After her own experience of insufferable symptoms, misdiagnoses and improper treatment, Amie set out to help others who she KNEW were going through the same set of frustrations an...

Debi Robinson is a Certified Yoga Therapist and Health Coach. Debi's focus is on teaching tools to counter the functional loss we experience as we age. At 51, Debi had a total hip replacement and understands what it feels like to be handicapped and depressed and what it takes to build up strength and balance in your body and mind. Debi would like to offer you this breathing technique: https://yout...

Kerry Tepedino is a global leader in women’s personal development focusing on mindset mastery, emotional intelligence, and self-love. She supports women in challenging their self-defeating behaviors and overcoming past traumas and fears to create a life of true happiness rooted in self-love. Her Perfect Health Mastery, AWAKEN and Discover Your Sacred Self programs have supported thousands of women...

Jane Hogan, "The Wellness Engineer," blends science and spirituality to help people release pain by naturally letting go of inflammatory foods, thoughts and feelings so they can become the most magnificent version of themselves. Her personal experience of reversing crippling rheumatoid arthritis using natural solutions inspired her to leave a 30-year engineering career and become a Functional Medi...

Dr. Deb Matthew MD, The Happy Hormones Doctor, is a best-selling author, international speaker, wife and mom of four boys. After suffering for years with fatigue and irritability, her quest to restore her personal health led her to change everything about her practice of medicine. She has been featured on national podcasts, radio, and TV shows, including NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX. Dr. Deb would like...

Dr. Rajka has been successfully leading women and their families to optimal health for over 2 decades as a board certified Family Medicine doctor, from delivering babies to managing family care in the clinic and hospital. She is now exclusively a leading Functional Medicine Consultant certified by the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM). She is an international speaker, facilitator and mentor...

Evan H. Hirsch, MD, is a World Renowned Fatigue Expert and is the Founder & CEO of the International Center for Fatigue. He suffered with fatigue for 5 years before he achieved resolution using the Fix Your Fatigue Program that he pioneered in his medical practice. Through his best-selling book, podcast and online programs, he has helped thousands of people around the world optimize their ener...

Dr. Aimie is a Board-Certified Preventive and Addiction Medicine Physician with a Masters in Biochemistry and Public Health. She specializes in trauma, attachment and addictions, and having found the power of the survival systems, she now runs a concierge medical practice in neuro-optimization for our highest health, presence and performance. She has found the freeze response survival systems that...

TW: suicide, self-harm, abuse, and bleeding Sinclair Kennally is a detox expert on digestive disorders. As a certified Toxicity and Detox Specialist and CEO of Detox Rejuvenation, she has apprenticed with world-leading functional medicine pioneers and believes that toxins are the root cause of our health epidemics today. Both she and her partner Michael Spandel are survivors of complex chronic ill...

Cheryl Stelte is a Spiritual Teacher, Healer, Coach and Author of Heal Your Neck Issues and Let Your Throat Chakra Shine. She helps people heal that which is preventing them from speaking their truth and expressing who they truly to rediscover their power to move toward their purpose. After 25 years of spiritual practice and study, Cheryl is grateful to finally be living her Soul’s Purpose through...